Hearst Is Staking Its Future on an Editor Turned CEO

After a record $10 billion year

When SmartMoney made its debut in 1992, it was anything but another staid business magazine. A joint venture of Dow Jones and Hearst Magazines, it mixed humor with provocative stories, many of which regularly incensed advertisers. Founding editor Steve Swartz, a former Wall Street Journal Page One editor, embraced it all, taking meetings with angry executives. The magazine quickly asserted itself as a contender among personal finance titles and rocketed Swartz’s career when Hearst Corp.

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